Its calm outside, as I sit near
the window. Its drizzling, but to my surprise there are no kids running on the
roads to welcome the onset of rains. My attention is diverted to one particular
song that is being played in the loop. The song is none other than “Jhuki Jhuki
si Nazar”. The melancholy in the voice of Jagjit Singh brought a lump in my
throat.
I follow the sound of the
music, but I am unable to trace its origin. I give up on the quest of finding
where exactly the song is being played, rather I decide to take my corner of
the room and get deeply involved in the song.
I am falling in love with every
word being sung in the song. Until the last few verses that struck me as hard
as an arrow. The reality, the fact that each one of us fear to accept. The fact
that someday we will be left alone to fight our own destiny. A fact that we
have come alone into this world and we will have to leave it alone.
Eyes filled with tears I kept
humming the last few lines of the song:
“Teri umeed par thukra raha tha
duniya ko……
Tujhe bhi apne pe he aitbar hai ki nahi………..
Jhuki Jhuki si nazar, bekarar
hai ki nahi……..”
